There is a famous riddle which says. : ' A man is looking at a portrait and says 'Brothers and sisters have I none, but that man's father is my father's son': whose portrait is the man looking at?'...
Now, we've got World Cups in football, cricket, rugby, athletics and so on. This seems very wasteful to Jacob. In these days o' streamlining 'n' increased efficiency 'n' cost savings, why don't all...
Why do people always refer to footballer's wages in weekly terms? I can't think of any other profession which doesn't refer generally to an annual wage. And before anyone says it's because of the...
hello folks Darth is back from holidaying in sunny Cornwall (cor blimey weren't it 'ot?) - first question back from holiday is why are there so many villages around Bodmin area and Cornwall in...
i have just started a book group with my friends and we are merrily reading our first book which we will soon meet to discuss. Does anyone have any questions that we can answer about the books we read...
Is it true that underwater lexycogrofers...lexeecograbbits...er, dictionary writers 'ave found the legendary 27th letter o' the alphabet, missing all these years? If so, what will it look like a'ter...
I need help from you fine people. Someone is stealing clothes from my washing line when Im not around. A black skirt and a cream bra on the first occasion and a replacement black skirt this weekend....
With all the charges against John Leslie now being dropped does anyone think it's time the guy was re-instated in his previous TV presenting Job(s) and Matthew Wright should be made to publicly...
Is it just me or do other people get frustrated by people like Jamie Oliver saying stuff like, 'You can get stuffed albators in all the supermarkets these days'. Well I live in Kent and we have big...
Avocado suggests that Dune (the original) is so much better than the recent re-make, and it got me thinking of other films which have been shot again in recent years, the only one i can think of where...
My girlfriend took her car for an MOT last month to a Vauxhall dealer and they said 'you don't need one for another 2 months because your car is still under 3 years old'. 'But you charged me for an...
